First of all, I must apologize once again that I am writing so infrequently. This is not due to a shortage of activity, but actually quite...

I recently (finally) completed Walthers' City Station, for my model railroad. It has had a few personal touches added to it as wel...

Over the last two evenings, I have been working on a small project with my Union Pacific heritage fleet.  Recently, the Union Pacific put ...

Some of you may recall that several months ago, I acquired some decals for the Alaska Railroad.  Ever since I lived in Alaska, in 2009 and...

Today being Wednesday, I would normally reserve this post for some stories from work.  However, nothing particularly unusual has happened ...

Today I am going to walk you through my plan for some Walthers coal cars I ordered recently. They were supposed to be in by now, and I was ...

I thought I would talk a little about the progress on my railroad again today.  While construction of the actual layout has not advance any,...

National Model Railroad Association, or NMRA, sets standards for model railroading. This makes models from different manufacturers compatib...

Alright, time for another update on how the layout is coming.  Honestly, I have not had a lot of time lately to work on it because I have be...

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that I had been kindly given a railroad room, and that I planned to take advantage of that and build a small ...

I have been thinking about building a model of the Union Pacific Depot, in Salt Lake City, UT, for some time now.  It is an old brick and st...

Today I am going to talk about a modeling project that I recently picked up again. It started out as a mill building for the Lakes Region r...